Filling-replenishing mechanism for looms.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

G. O. DRAPER. FILLING RBPLBNISHING- MEGHANISM FOR LOOMS.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.28, 1907.

GEORGE 0. DRPER, Ol HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSE T13, ,zlSllG-YGE TG lli OFEPEDALE,

EULSSACEUSETTS, A CORPGRATGI Si# No. sense?.

To ali wzfom ma?! comem:

Be it lmown the@ l, Gsoizos 0. DRAWER, o itizen ol' the United States,and i'esident oi llopedele, county Woieesei', Siete of lwlissaeliusens,lieve invented en improvement in, Fillingg/f-'ie,l leiisliiiw Mes?.eiiism for Looms, of which i) ie following :iesciipuion, in. ConnectionWit-li the eooompanying drewing, isis speeiiliooiion, like ol'le'ecteisou the diawilig repies Tilting; like psips,

This iivemoii Telstes move oe3-'timid to mitomeibio looms Wliei'eiiielio To', sliutle automa wally piovided i itil filling when neoesssry byvlie ies "1 ion there in of 'filling-eender or bobble, es -for instancein, United States i)eteno No. gi'im-od 'to Noi'tlii'ogi; Noifemluei 27,1.8%.

My pi'esem inveiiion lio.; obi-effi lle proaliiotion of novel mechanismlo? oilfeotiiig suoli replenishment oi' filling, and lies especialiefei'enoe to ille liopooi ory feo-dei' Wliieli sustains the esei'vesupply oi illlii1goeiiieis.

The Various novel ieetuies of my invention Will be fully described inlalie subjoined s eciiioation end particularly poiied out in t efollowing claims.

Figure 1 is e transverse section, on die line 1-1, Fig. 2, lookingtoweid the left, of filling replenishing mechanism emboflying myinvention; Fig. 2 is mainly e longitudiiial seotional View oi the'oplenishing mechanism, on 'the line 2 2, the transferring device andsome of the adjacent erts 'being in front elevation Fig'. 3 is anenlarged top pien View of one of the spi'iiig-jmvs for gi'aspiiig' stand1, in pi'eotioe mounted on the breast beam of e, loom s one sidetl'ieeof, lie-s boss 2, Fig. 2,4 in Wliieli is fixedly held siioutwaidly extended lioiizontelshaft 3, the outer end of the shaft beingenlarged to form e' head 4.

A stud 5 is mounted in s part 5 of the stand, 'and on this stud isiulcrum-ed the transferer 7, I'eti'aeted by e spiing 8 and opereted inWell known manner to transfer e filling-carrier fiom the feeder to theshuttle, es for instance iii seid. Northrop patent.

Upon 'bhe shaft 3 edjsoenetlie outei' ieee of ille stand l l rotatablymorini; the filling;- feeder, it consisting of a, `eiioiiisi pleine Qdem ing' its ifeiiiplleiel pe' i", l l provided on' its series oi o1yoeliete le, inserted and seemed by' tie: il? ll, the slienls oli o1 sel sriengei'l e eirole effroi feeder 9 and extended lioifiz pesllel toits e?, s. v no With iiotelies i3, 'X on tliY invii' seiiddii, z? tionto lie in vertiosl sienes t-lie t'i'misileiiei 7 to eng it out anddowmmfd iiom lilo .Ws to m, shuttle.

llie er 3 en. el iedueed in dioiiiee off. is en werd to Llie heed of theshu and the stand preventing; l movement olZ the hub on ilie slie.

Upon die outer end of the lli i l5 is mounted the lidi, l s l Culex disk7,Fig. 2, le f' tension by e, set soiew i with the feeder emi the tipsof'ifl'ie illiiigef. outer end of the slisi lilling-eiid lioldei, showniiigva heed 20. :Ee

The filling-end j, F I

aL/ip of each lillingwsiii across ilie the disk i7 and iien down ibo'ifi-e being Wound mound the slieiilc al" number of times o festen it. i

As the .feeder and d isli Toi-ete in the dios 1 i Y tion of' the mrow,ll'iG. l, lehe illing-e1ids Wound in the opposite' direction onto {lieend holder, so that es the feedei' rotates illing-en is will be woundupon the holder,

and thereby le'pt pzopeily mut.. The disk l? is ier enough away fiomille i'ips of the oerieis to e-'l'od e sudieief'- leng'bh oi ill ,ig topreviene 'bissle/ige f 7 e is t'feiisiei'ied to shuttle "ey sienes. 7,

ing 'lo lthe s. :siboo er sommeil?,

i I have provided novel and continuously acting means to effect rotativemovement of the feeder.

A barrel 22 is rotatably mounted on the extension 15 between the diskhub 16 and the part 14 of the feeder hub, 'and has attached to it oneend of a iiexible strap or other connection 23; which is adapted to beIWound about the barrel and is then led over a guide-sheave 24, Fig. 1,rotatably mounted on' an upturned arm 25 fixedly mounted on the outerend of the stud 5. The free end of the connection 23 is secured to anactuating weight 26, which tends to continuously unwind the connectionfrom the barrel 22, to rotate it. Said barrel has an enlarged head 27provided with a notch 28, Fig. 1, to receive'a pawl 29 mounted on a stud30 on and projecting outward from the feeder 9, so that rotation of thebarrel will rotate `the feeder.

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When the connection 23 has been unwound from the barrel 22 the lattermay be turned bythe attendant oppositely to the arrow in Fig. 1, torewind the connection thereby raising the actuator 26, the Weight 'ofwhich is transmitted to the feeder 9 by the means described.

By the horizontal arrangement of the spring-jaws for the butts of thefilling-carriers the latter are firmly and securely held in position,they are readily inserted in the jaws, and they are held in convenientand exact position to be transferred to the shuttle.

My invention may be varied in detail by those skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention as set forth in theappended claims.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination, with arotatable feederandmeans thereon to support at one end only a lurality qffilling-carriers of a stationary liblder for the filling-ends ledtherefrom.

2. The combination, with a rotatable feeder having means to support laplurality of lling-carriers, of a stationar holder for the filling-ends,located co-axiafly with the feeder.

3. IThe combination, with a rotatable feeder having meansto support aplurality of filling-carriers, of a stationar holder for thefilling-ends, located co-axia ly with the feeder, and a circular sup ortfor the fillingends, intermediate said ho der and the feeder androtatable with the latter.

4. A rotatable filling-feeder, combined with a circularly-arrangedseries of springjaws mounted thereon in parallelism with its axis andeach adapted to grasp one end only of a filling-carrier, and astationary holder for the filling-ends, led from the tips of thefilling-carriers.

5. A circular, rotatable filling-feeder, combined with a series of pairsof separable jaws fixedly mounted upon its periphery and extended inparallelism with lts axis, to engage and support by their butts only aplurality of filling-carriers, and a stationar holder for thefilling-ends, located co-axial y with the feeder and beyond the tips ofthe fillingcarriers.

6. A rotatable 'filling-feeder, provided with i a circularly-arrangedseries of spring-clips thereon each adapted to engage one end on y of a.filling-carrier, a circular disk connected with the feeder beyond theti s of the iillingcarriers, a fixed shaft on whic the feeder and diskrotate in unison, and a filling-end holder mounted on the outer end ofthe shaft beyond the disk, the latter supporting the filling-endsbetween said holder and the tips of the filling-carriers.

7. A rotatable filling-feeder having means to support by their buttsonly a circularlyarranged series of filling-carriers, and a stationaryfilling-end holder for the feeder.

8. In a loom, a rotatable feeder to sustain a circularly-arranged seriesof filling-carriers, means to transfer the latter one by one from thefeeder, and means acting continuously and uniformly upon the feeder torotateit and bring one after another of the iilling-carf riers intoposition to be transferred.

, 9. In a loom, a iixedly-su ported horizontal shaft, a circular fee errotatably mounted thereon, having an elongated hub and means to sustaina circularly-arranged series of filling-carriers, a filling-end holderAmounted on the outer end ofthe shaft, a disk connected with said hub, torotate with the feeder and support the filling-ends between the holderand the tips of the -filling-carriers, a barrel on the hub andoperatively connected with the feeder, an actuating weight, and aflexible connection between it and the Weiwhted actuator barrel andWound arounclthe latter, to'efeet rotation ofthe feeder.

10. ln a looin, in combination, a rotatable feeder to'sustain aeireularly-arranged series of lilling-oarriejrs, means to transfer thelatter one'lojyT one from the feeder, and a n constantly acting upon thefeeder. Y..

11..\In a loom, in combination, a rotatable feeder to sust/ainaeireularly-arranged series of filling-Carriers, means to transfer thelatter one by *one vrom'thefeeder, en abutanism to rotate the feederafter transfer of e I.

filling-carrier.

ln testimony whereof, l have signed my name te this. specification, inthe presence el two subscribing Witnesses.

GERGE G. DEL-LBER "Witnesses tv E. D. BANoRorT, 'ERNEST W. lf2/oon

